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to Phone for Help

Definitions and Your company's policy may be to call security, a response team, or the local
Key Facts EMS system number (in many communities this is 911).

Know your phone system. Do you need to dial 9 to get an outside line before
you dial your emergency response number (or 911 )? You should know your
company's emergency response number and phone that number whenever you
need help.

Write the emergency response number on your Quick Reference Guide, in the
first aid kit, and near the telephone. You should also write it here.

Write your emergency response number here:

Action: If you are Then you should
How to Phone
for Help Alone 1. Yell for help while you start to
check the ill or injured person.
With others
2 . If no one answers your yell and

immediate care isn't needed

a. Leave for a moment while
you phone your emergency
response number (or 911)

b. Get the first aid kit and auto-
mated external defibrillator
(AED), if available

3 . Return to the ill or injured person.

1 . Stay with the ill or injured person
and be prepared to give first aid
or CPR if you know how.

2 . Send someone else to phone
your emergency response number
(or 911) and get the first aid kit
and AED if available.

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